Smart Recipes with Umami

Pot- au feu of Dried Shiitake Mushroom and meatballs

  • Umami-rich Recipes with Pork

The soup of shiitake mushroom and meatballs of chicken blend in the mouth and become very delicious.It is a heartwarming dish.

 Ingredients( for 2 persons )

  • 4dried shiitake mushroom
  • 5cm carrot
  • 1 potato
  • 4 string beans
  • 100g minced pork
  • 1 tbsp water
    which you soaked the shitake in.
  • 1 tbsp chopped onion
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 chicken consomme cube
  • 1 laurel leaf
  • salt and pepper to taste

 Recipes

  • 1. Place the dried shiitake mushroom in a bowl with water and leave to soak.
  • 2. Cut the carrots and potatoes into quarters. Cut the string beans into halves.
  • 3. Put the minced pork, the water from the dried shiitake mushroom, the chopped onions, salt and pepper in a bowl and mix well. Divide them into four and shape like a ball.
  • 4. In a pan, put the dried shiitake mushrooms, carrots, potatoes, water, chicken consomme cube and laurel leaf. Heat it at medium heat. When it reaches a boil, lower the heat and cook for about 15 minutes.
  • 5. Add 3 and string beans. Cook for about 5 minutes until the meatball is cooked through.

Umami Score of Main Ingredients in the Recipe

豚肉

Pork

Inosinate :
230mg/100g

干し椎茸

Dried shiitake mushrooms

Glutamate :
1060mg/100g

Guanylate :
150mg/100g

調理時間 30分 エネルギー

  • Cooking time : 30 minutes
  • Calorific Value : 210 kcal

Pork is rich in inosinate, dried shiitake mushroom is rich in glutamate and guanylate. Pairing of these two ingredients provides umami synergy and makes dish tasty.

Source

「うま味」パワーの活用便利帳

By using umami power, make your daily dishes more delicious

Seishun shuppannsha 2013 August

  • About 150 recipes by cooking specialist Fumiyo Kawakami are presented in the book.
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